Clare County 24-Hour Records
The Clare County Sheriff’s Office page does not publish a 24-hour release list, a current inmate roster, or a recent-release filter. It has no release rows to sort by time. It also gives no public update schedule, archive period, or field guide. That absence is the key local fact. A person checking who left Clare County Jail today should call the control room at (989) 539-7166, extension 4238, and then request the underlying record when written proof is needed.
The call should ask two separate questions: is the named person still confined, and if not, which records channel can provide the actual release time and recorded departure type? Staff may not disclose every fact by phone. A transfer to MDOC, another county, a federal authority, or another agency is still a departure from Clare County Jail, but it is not a release into the community. The county release entry and receiving-agency context are what resolve that difference.
A request for “today’s releases” should also state what “today” means. Give a start and end time instead of assuming the jail maintains a public rolling clock. Clare County has not published a time zone label, cutoff rule, or report-generation schedule for such a list. Precise boundaries help staff search existing records without implying that a ready-made 24-hour report exists.
Check Clare County Releases Today
A same-day Clare County release check works best as a short chain. Start close to the physical custody event, then add documentary and legal context. This avoids treating a court order as proof that discharge processing finished or treating a jail departure as proof that the person went home.
- Call Clare County Jail’s control room and ask whether the person remains confined.
- If the person left, ask whether the departure was a release or a transfer and where to request the release entry.
- Contact the Records Division at the sheriff’s main number, extension 4220, or submit the county FOIA form.
- Search the matching 80th District or 55th Circuit case for the bond, dismissal, sentence, or commitment that explains the legal event.
- Use OTIS only if the person entered Michigan Department of Corrections custody, and use VINELink only as a recent-status supplement.
For a broader date range, the Clare County Released Last 72 Hours page explains how to frame a three-day records request. For one named person whose date is uncertain, the Clare County released-inmate search provides the complete county, state, court, and federal path.
Note: A release order can explain legal authority, while the jail entry is the stronger source for actual physical departure.
Clare County Release Fields
Because Clare County publishes no online field dictionary, no public page can promise the labels used in its jail software. A precise request can still name the facts needed. Ask for an existing booking sheet and release entry rather than asking the county to make a custom report. The responsive record may use different terms, and a field may be unavailable or exempt.
| Requested field | What it can show |
|---|---|
| Full name and booking identifier | Links the release entry to the correct booking. |
| Actual release date and time | Records when the jail processed physical departure. |
| Release or disposition code | May state the recorded manner of departure. |
| Destination or receiving agency | Helps distinguish community release from transfer. |
| Bond and charge entries | Connects custody to the case and bond history. |
| Court order or mittimus | May identify the legal authority received by the jail. |
A person seeking a booking photograph should list it as a separate requested item. Clare County has not promised that every field or image exists or is disclosable. Asking for segregable, nonexempt parts helps when only part of the booking file can be released.
Request Clare County Release Logs
A request covering all people released in a day is different from a request for one person. The Clare County FOIA form lets a requester seek a copy, certified copy, inspection, or subscription and select pickup, mail, email, onsite copying, or county media. For a last-24-hours log, state a precise beginning and ending date and time. Ask for existing release-log records and define the fields wanted.
The county may clarify the request, estimate lawful fees, withhold exempt details, or state that it does not keep the data in the requested report format. Michigan FOIA does not require a public body to create a new record. Clare County generally has five business days for its initial response and may issue a ten-business-day extension. That clock governs the response, not guaranteed production of the list within one day.
Requests may be emailed to FOIA@clareco.net or the sheriff Records Division contact at vanwagnerl@clareco.net, faxed to (989) 539-2588, or mailed to the Clare County FOIA Coordinator, 225 West Main Street, P.O. Box 438, Harrison, MI 48625. A same-day phone check remains more direct when the issue is one person.
Official Clare County Release Source
The official sheriff page is the source for the jail, control-room, and records contacts used in a Clare County release check.
The captured page confirms the contact route but displays no 24-hour feed, release filter, or individual release row.
Clare County Release or Transfer
“Left the jail” is not a complete status. A person may post bond, receive time served, finish a county sentence, or leave under another court order. The jail can also transfer a person to MDOC, another county, federal authorities, or an agency holding a warrant. Only the first group clearly describes a community release from the Clare County Jail event.
- Released
- The named facility stopped holding the person, though conditions or supervision may continue.
- Transferred
- Custody moved to another agency or facility rather than ending.
- Discharged
- In MDOC usage, the department’s jurisdiction over that sentence ended.
- Still in custody
- The person remains confined by the agency shown in the current record.
If Clare County Jail says the destination was MDOC, search OTIS after intake data is entered. OTIS does not cover a person who served only a Clare County jail sentence. A future Earliest Release Date is also not an actual release date.
Note: A name can vanish during transfer or data processing, so source changes should be checked before drawing a release conclusion.
Rides After Clare County Release
Clare County Transit Corporation runs countywide demand-response, curb-to-curb transportation. It is not a jail shuttle or a fixed route from the release door. Riders are asked to call at least 24 hours ahead, while same-day rides depend on bus availability. Saturday service also requires an advance reservation.
Dispatch can be reached at (989) 539-1473. Before arranging a ride, confirm the actual release location and likely time with the jail. The transit service description does not say the jail coordinates transportation or guarantees a pickup point. Family and riders must coordinate the release and transit details as two separate steps.
No Clare County Release App
No official Clare County Sheriff mobile app, linked social release feed, or online roster photograph was verified in the official source sweep. MobilePatrol should not be presented as a Clare County source unless the sheriff later links or confirms it. Commercial directory claims do not establish who was released, how often data updates, or whether a photo belongs to the current booking.
Search results also confuse Clare County with St. Clair County. Those are different Michigan counties. A St. Clair roster, app, or release feature has no authority for a Clare County Jail event. Check the county name, facility name, and official web domain before relying on a result.
Clare County Release Cross-Checks
VINELink may show a current or recently released result supplied by a participating agency, but Clare County Jail participation must be confirmed in the live result or agency selector. A no-match can reflect nonparticipation, an offline source, a transfer, or limited retention. It is not automatic proof of release.
MiCOURT supplies the legal case context. The 80th District Court handles misdemeanors, bond, arraignment, and preliminary felony stages. A bound-over adult felony continues in 55th Circuit Court for the enduring disposition and prison sentence. The court record can explain why release or transfer was authorized, yet it may not show the exact minute the person crossed the jail threshold. Together, the jail record and court record give a stronger same-day account than either source alone.
A federal custody question needs its own route. A U.S. Marshals pretrial detainee may leave the county jail without appearing in the BOP locator, while a sentenced federal prisoner may later have a BOP record. The county departure should not be called a federal release until the federal docket or responsible agency supports that conclusion.